Name/Title
Taylor Letter, 1864Entry/Object ID
2021.16.37Tags
1860s, Military, Civil WarScope and Content
Letter to Otis Taylor from his brother-in-law John Keen
" Mr. Otis. Taylor,
Fowlar
Trummbull County
Ohio
Warrenton Vagina
March the 19, 18, 64
Dear Brother now I address
you by letter and in form
you that I am well as ca bee
expected I am giten along very
slowly but I am able to sett
up most of the tim won my
throught is giten a good cal
better I have got to bee
careful and not _____ cold
This I expected to git som
money in a day or too and
then I wanto send down to you
I will send it in a letter by
mail and you will keep
it all right i left ans
folks that night Maher
crid and sed she did not
mean any thing in
what she did I think She
sed anss to mak the devil
mad don't you _____ you
thinks she has got any room
to talk I don't think she has
got very much my self She'll
_____ of hear in a few days more
in 11 weeks was in a way that
is done and I won't bee sorey then
I can tell you that now the
money that we will git will
bee and _____ money it
will bee 700.25 and I want
to save some of that for
it will bee of more use to me
when I come home to stay then
it is here now I don't know
as you can read this letter
but I will writ it to you
and you can make out what
you can
I want to bee little more
_____ then wich I have been
in the last 2 years I think
that I can have more money then
wich I have don the boys an's
got the clap bills the devil now
but not me that I can tell you
nor dos I want it I will bring
my letter to a close for to day
ples writ soon as you get
this letter from your
_____ friend and shall till
death ones taks me and then
I hope tht we will meet a better
world but goodby
John L. Keen
Address John L. Keen
_____
Washington, D. C.
1 the Brigade 2 Division"Acquisition
Accession
2021.16Source or Donor
Cover, Dave, Luoma, LeonardLocation
Location
Container
Civil WarRoom
ArchivesBuilding
Morgan History CenterDate
November 2, 2021Notes
Folder: Letters 1861-1865, 2Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Taylor, Otis, Keen, John L.Related Places
Place
* Untyped Place
Fowler Township, Ohio